Slides

Below are selected video presentations.
What’s your take? (for the de Beaumont Foundation, 2016) What’s Your Take? Tomás J. Aragón, Director, Population Health Division at the San Francisco Health Department, discusses the evolution of public health in cities.
Population health data science, complexity, and health equity: Reflections from a local health official (for Stanford University, 2015) Tomás J. Aragón, MD, DrPH, Health Officer, City and County of San Francisco Director, Population Health Division (PHD), and Adjunct Faculty, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, delivers the keynote address at the 2015 Stanford Population Health Sciences Colloquium.

Humility is the key to unleashing and supercharging personal and organizational performance improvement. However, not everyone feels comfortable introducing complex topics like cultural humility. I was fortunate to discover Professor Edward Hess’ book “Humility is the New Smart: Rethinking human excellence in the smart machine age.”1 I believe his book is a non-threatening, practical, and inspiring way to introduce humility to your staff. Based on Hess’ book, the article below is an excerpt from our population health lean reference document.